Top Story
| AU Experts Reflect on President Trump's Tweets |
| Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center, wrote an article for The Atlantic on what defines an ‘American.' Kendi also spoke to The Washington Post, NPR's Morning Edition, CBS This Morning and CNN Don Lemon. Distinguished Professor of History Alan Kraut discussed the history behind the rhetoric with NPR's Morning Edition, PBS NewsHour Online, Hearst Television and the San Antonio Express, and School of International Service Professorial Lecturer Omekongo Dibinga discussed the tweets with Newsweek. (7/16, 7/17) |
Additional Features
| AU Professor Directs Disappearing Act in New Film 'Above the Shadows' |
| Claudia Myers, associate professor of communication, spoke to WTOP-FM about her new film, “Above the Shadows,” which she wrote and directed. Myers told WTOP, “It was inspired by my childhood. I guess at the time, invisibility didn't feel like a metaphor, it felt like a very tangible state of existence.” (7/18) |
Faculty Authors
| We Are Now in the Grip of the 'New Media Primary' |
| Richard Benedetto, adjunct professorial lecturer of communication, wrote an article for The Hill about the influence of news media coverage on polling numbers. Benedetto wrote, “[The news media] are voting for and against candidates every day by choosing who to play up and who to play down.” (7/13) |
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Expertise
| Shelf Control? Largest Textbook Publisher Ditching Textbooks and Going 'Digital First' |
| Naomi Baron, professor emerita of linguistics, spoke to NBC News about Pearson's decision to push for e-versions of their textbooks. Baron said, “There's an incredible amount of research that has been done that shows if you want to concentrate and learn, print is almost always preferable.” Baron also spoke to The Washington Post about the confusion over acronyms in the District of Columbia. (7/16, 7/15) |
| Trump the Environmentalist? |
| Capri Cafaro, executive in residence in the School of Public Affairs, and Paul Bledsoe, adjunct professorial lecturer in the Center for Environmental Policy, spoke to Inside Climate News about the Trump administration's approach to climate change. Bledsoe said, “He's trying to obfuscate the debate itself.” Cafaro said, “He's trying to walk a fine line between trying to acknowledge to a portion of the American public that he cares, at the same time that he doesn't want to ruffle the feathers of his base, particularly those in energy-rich states.” James Thurber, distinguished professor of public affairs, also spoke to Inside Climate News about how 2020 candidates are addressing climate change. (7/13, 7/15) |
| How Pharma, Under Attack From All Sides, Keeps Winning in Washington |
| Pallavi Kumar, assistant professor of communication, spoke to STAT News about the pharmaceutical industry's influence in Washington. Kumar said, “They have an incredible power to squash out any negative opinion, nor to feel any of the ill effects of those things.” (7/16) |
| Trump Administration to Explore Making It Easier for Federal Employees to Cancel Union Dues |
| Robert Tobias, distinguished practitioner-in-residence in the School of Public Affairs, spoke to Government Executive about potential changes to the rules governing due collections for federal employee unions. Tobias said, “If this were to go into effect, and if federal employees followed suit like in Wisconsin, unions would be significantly less effective in representing employees in the federal sector.” (7/12) |
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